A discovery sprint is not workshops for workshops' sake. You leave with a clear problem, a minimum build, and a decision about what not to ship yet.
The question nobody asks when hiring a dev partner: who is accountable when the product succeeds or fails? The answer reveals everything about the relationship.
Venture builders take equity and control. Product studios keep founders in the driver's seat. The difference is who owns your product decisions.
Founders want AI speed on the MVP. The hard part isn't building faster—it's knowing when the demo counts as evidence your runway needs.
The first launch feels fast and cheap. Security debt, scaling limits, and rebuilds tend to arrive after real users—and real revenue—are on the line.
Every extra feature in v1 quietly taxes runway. Teams that learn fastest anchor scope to one decision, not a wish list.
